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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
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Climate reverses directionality in the richness–abundance relationship across the World’s main forest biomes
Nature Communications, Volume 11, No. 1, Article 5635, Year 2020
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More tree species can increase the carbon storage capacity of forests (here referred to as the more species hypothesis) through increased tree productivity and tree abundance resulting from complementarity, but they can also be the consequence of increased tree abundance through increased available energy (more individuals hypothesis). To test these two contrasting hypotheses, we analyse the most plausible pathways in the richness-abundance relationship and its stability along global climatic gradients. We show that positive effect of species richness on tree abundance only prevails in eight of the twenty-three forest regions considered in this study. In the other forest regions, any benefit from having more species is just as likely (9 regions) or even less likely (6 regions) than the effects of having more individuals. We demonstrate that diversity effects prevail in the most productive environments, and abundance effects become dominant towards the most limiting conditions. These findings can contribute to refining cost-effective mitigation strategies based on fostering carbon storage through increased tree diversity. Specifically, in less productive environments, mitigation measures should promote abundance of locally adapted and stress tolerant tree species instead of increasing species richness. © 2020, The Author(s).
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Authors & Co-Authors
Madrigal, Jaime
Switzerland, Geneva
Université de Genève
Calatayud, Joaquín
Sweden, Umea
Umeå Universitet
Spain, Madrid
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Ballesteros-Canovas, Juan A.
Switzerland, Geneva
Université de Genève
Escudero, Adrián
Spain, Madrid
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Cayuela, L.
Spain, Madrid
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Rueda, Marta
Spain, Sevilla
Csic - Estación Biologica de Doñana
Spain, Sevilla
Universidad de Sevilla
Ruiz-Benito, Paloma
Spain, Madrid
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Spain, Alcala de Henares
Universidad de Alcalá
Aponte, Cristina
Australia, Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Plumptre, Andrew J.
Unknown Affiliation
Dupire, Sylvain
France, Paris
Inrae
Espinosa Iñiguez, Carlos Iván
Ecuador, Loja
Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja
Macía, Manuel J.
Spain, Madrid
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Abegg, Meinrad
Switzerland, Birmensdorf
Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt Für Wald, Schnee Und Landschaft Wsl
Zavala, Miguel A.
Spain, Alcala de Henares
Universidad de Alcalá
Quesada-Roman, Adolfo
Switzerland, Geneva
Université de Genève
Costa Rica, San Jose
Universidad de Costa Rica
Stoffel, Markus
Switzerland, Geneva
Université de Genève
Statistics
Citations: 16
Authors: 16
Affiliations: 14
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1038/s41467-020-19460-y
ISSN:
20411723
Research Areas
Environmental